Trichosporon asahii
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| Trichosporon asahii | |
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| Gram stain of T. asahii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Tremellomycetes |
| Order: | Trichosporonales |
| Family: | Trichosporonaceae |
| Genus: | Trichosporon |
| Species: | T. asahii |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichosporon asahii Akagi ex Sugita, A.Nishikawa & Shinoda[1] | |
Trichosporon asahii is a non-Candida yeast that has been reported to cause infections in immunocompromised patients.[2] T. asahii is the most prominent human pathogen in its genus, causing more than half of all Trichosporon infections. First discovered and named in 1929,[3] the currently accepted nomenclature of T. asahii was validated in 1994.[4]